Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – On Tuesday morning, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) designated the former Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten located at 236 President Street, and an adjoining building at 238 President, as individual landmarks. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Announcements
Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/
Bensonhurst
The Shore Theater at 1301 Surf Avenue. (Photo: Luca Vanzella [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz/3097815498/in/photolist-5HK7C3] / Flickr) Rumors that Coney Island’s landmarked Shore Theater was sold to a developer triggered a tide of excitement this week that the long-neglected property [/owner-coney-islands-shore-theater-snubs-proposals-reactivate-landmarked-site/#.VqPJh5MrKSM] would be restored to
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
By Daniel FrazerLike much of Bensonhurst, Washington Cemetery straddles the border between the ordinary and the absurd. When first entering the cemetery, which pre-dates the Civil War, you’re surrounded with photo-realistic laser-etched faces on jet-black, smooth stones, which creates an oddly confrontational place of mourning. Add in some garish
coney island construction
Source: Google MapsWork to convert the historic Childs Restaurant in Coney Island into a 5,099-seat amphitheater [/seaside-park-community-arts-center-coney-island/] and restaurant began last week. Construction workers were seen filling trash bags at the site, located at West 21st Street on the Riegelmann Boardwalk, and one wall has been partially bulldozed, reports
131 Buckingham Road
Tucked away among the trees of Buckingham Road, just before Beverley and not far from Church Avenue, the structure known as “the Japanese house [/?s=japanese+house]” is, even in our neighborhood filled with homes that easily adhere to memory, an oddity – and one that has attracted everyone from curious
80 Rugby Road
After a fire tore through a landmarked Victorian home at 80 Rugby Road [/blog/crime/fire-on-rugby-road-near-church-ave-this-morning] in November 2012, its owners, Bishop Wharton Nicholson and Grace Nicholson, have been working what seems like another job to get the city Landmarks Preservation Commission to give its stamp of approval on renovation
childs restaurant
Worst Photoshop Job Ever? (Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission) Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s dream of putting a multi-purpose amphitheater in Coney Island cleared a major hurdle this week when the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the plan. The New York Daily News is